The EVCA Venture Capital Forum is the only cross-sector venture capital event in Europe. We invite early stage to late stage/growth capital VC firms investing across all industries to join us to debate the unique challenges and opportunities of investing and operating in Europe.
What to expect:
- Content-rich sessions including: enhancing the VC business model, venture capital firms, institutional investors, VC-backed and how to deliver a sustainable European venture capital ecosystem
- Lively networking sessions connecting leading venture capital firms, VC-backed corporate executives and entrepreneurs
- Inspiring and thought-provoking commentary from European VC’s top success stories and innovators
Collaborate with the industry’s leading minds:
The leading venture capital firms attend the EVCA Venture Capital Forum because it is an essential platform to exchange ideas on the continued growth of the VC industry. View some of the firms who attended in previous years here.
The leading venture capital firms attend the EVCA Venture Capital Forum because it is an essential platform to exchange ideas on the continued growth of the VC industry. View some of the firms who attended in previous years here.
New for 2014: Venture-Backed Executive Workshop
The Venture-Backed Executive Workshop is a rare opportunity for venture-backed portfolio companies to discuss with their peers the next phase of their growth and operational strategy, after receiving VC funding.
Key topics covered will include:
- Best practices in managing the VC relationship
- Keeping up the growth and innovation momentum after VC funding
- Preparing for the next stage
The Venture-Backed Executive Workshop is complimentary. As there are only 40 seats available, all registrations will be reviewed and approved by the VC Forum Taskforce.
Already confirmed speakers for 2014:
- Thomas Andrae Director EMEA, 3M New Ventures
- Dr. Michael Brandkamp Managing Director, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
- Benoist Grossmann Managing Partner, Idinvest Partners
- Michael Linse Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Wolfgang Seibold Managing Partner, Growth Invest Partners
- Dr. Sebastian Sieglerschmidt Managing Director, Allianz Digital Accelerator GmbH
- Cornelia Yzer Senator for Economics, Technology and Research, Berlin
Speakers in 2013:
- Philip Astley-Sparke, Venture Partner - former President & CEO of BioVex Group Inc, President uniQure Inc, Forbion Capital Partners
- Markus Barnikel, CEO, carpooling.com GmbH
- Alex Brabers, Chief Operations Business, Gimv NV
- Hendrik Brandis, Partner, Earlybird VC Management GmbH & Co.KG
- Pawel Chudzinski, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Point Nine Capital
- Simon Clark, Managing Partner - Chairman, BVCA, Fidelity Growth Partners Europe
- Michael Collins, Public Affairs Director, EVCA
- Bernard Dallé, Operating Partner, Index Venture Management S.A.
- David Darsch, Founder & CEO, CEO Collaborative Forum and CEO-CF
- Philippe De Backer, Member of EP, European Parliament
- Paul Deninger, Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners
- Roland Dennert, Managing Partner, Cipio Partners
- David Frodsham, Partner, CEO Collaborative Forum
- Anita Goel, CEO, Nanobiosym
- David Hartford, Partner, aeris CAPITAL AG
- Stefan Höfer, Senior Vice President, Issuer & Primary Market Relations , Deutsche Börse AG
- Brenlen Jinkens, Managing Director, Cogent Partners Europe, LLP
- Roger Johanson, Head of Venture Capital & Infrastructure Investments, Skandia Life Insurance Company Ltd.
- Karl Ludwig Kley, Managing Director, Bilfinger Venture Capital
- Manish Madhvani, Managing Partner, GP Bullhound LLP
- Rainer Maerkle, Partner, Holtzbrinck Ventures GmbH
- Christophe Maire, Founder txtr and Partner, Atlantic Ventures
- Nenad Marovac, Managing Partner, DN Capital
- Joey Mason, Partner, Delta Partners
- Amir Nashat, General Partner, Polaris Partners
- Max Niederhofer, Partner, Sunstone Capital
- Richard Pelly, Chief Executive, European Investment Fund
- Mike Reif, Partner, Frog Capital Limited
- Thies Sander, Co-founder and Managing Director, Project A Ventures GmbH & Co. KG
- Claudio Siniscalco, Principal, HarbourVest Partners (U.K.) Limited
- Dushy Sivanithy, Principal, Pantheon
- Reinhilde Spatscheck, Founder & Partner, SHS Gesellschaft fuer Beteiligungsmanagement mbH
- Matthias Ummenhofer, Head of Venture Capital, European Investment Fund
- John Waddell, Chief Executive, Archangels Informal Investment
- Karen Wilson, Consultant, Structural Policy Division, Science & Technology Directorate, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Stephan Witt, Partner - Former Cluster Manager BioEconomy Excellence Cluster, JSW Consulting GmbH
- Markus Witte, CEO, Babbel
- David A. York, CEO & Managing Director, Top Tier Capital Partners LLC
The attendees of previous Venture Capital Forums included senior executives from the following firms:
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Attendance costs
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT of 15% until 22 September, use code: Early14
EVCA Member: €680 (excl.VAT) / €809.2* (incl. VAT)
EVCA Non-member: €920 (excl.VAT) / €1094.8* (incl. VAT)
Academic: €920 (excl.VAT) / €1094.8* (incl. VAT)
Policy Official: €920 (excl.VAT) / €1094.8* (incl. VAT)
Next Generation2: €460 excl.VAT) / €547.4* (incl. VAT)
Next Generation (accompanying person)3: €200 (excl.VAT) / €238* (incl. VAT)
Institutional Investor**: Free of charge
Portfolio Company Executive: Free of charge
Participation in the workshop includes a complimentary pass to VC Forum. For more information, contact [email protected].
